Do you have to know php or java to set up a basic form?

colorwheelcreate1

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Do you have to know php or java to set up a basic form?I'd rather not use the "mailto" action, because its not as user-friendly as just hitting 'submit' on a form and it goes...but I don't know how to do it any other way because I'm pretty new to web design.

Here is a link to the live site and my current form code, all in the html page...any ideas/tips for me?

Well, you could use PHP, Java, or any number of other methods to set up a form, but for one as basic as that, I'd personally recommend using cgiemail (or one of it's clones) - depending on what hosting/server set up you have, it may already me installed, in which case all you need to do is check out the user guide (http://web.mit.edu/wwwdev/cgiemail/user.html) to get down to business. It's pretty simple.

If you don't have it installed, you can find out more about it, download it, and get installation instructions at:http://web.mit.edu/wwwdev/cgiemail/index.html

If you are a Python kind of person, there is also the cgiemail close GypsyMail, or if you're using a Windows server, MailPost. (Though I have used cgiemail, I haven't used either of these two, though they seem simple enough.)

If you'd rather not use cgiemail, there are plenty of other scripts out there you can use.

And, of course, you could always write your own. Here's a couple Tutorials on writing PHP form scripts, if you'd rather go that route:http://www.thesitewizard.com/archive/feedbackphp.shtmlhttp://www.w3schools.com/PHP/php_mail.asp

colorwheelcreate1

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Thank you - I appreciate your response - I will definitely look into all those links today!